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As Duke fans, we’re all used to a certain level of success. Making the Sweet 16 is good, the Elite Eight is better, Final Four is great, but we all look for titles. Same for Kansas, Kentucky, UConn, and UNC, though not so much there lately. Not every school has the track records that those […]
The reality of NIL and the transfer portal is that it’s made competing for talent much more difficult. That leaves how to make talent work together aside for the moment, but that’s a topic for another discussion. The latest coach to bring this up is UCLA’s Mick Cronin. After losing to UConn, he was asked […]
Well here’s some exciting news, at least potentially: Duke coach Jon Scheyer says that there’s an “outside chance” that Caleb Foster could be back for the Sweet 16, and credits his hard work, and “who he is” for that being possible. First off: that’s amazing. And second: he reportedly had a fractured bone, right? No […]
Sunday was Fun Day in the NCAA Tournament with two stunning buzzer beaters. First, St. John’s knocked off Kansas on a layup by Dylan Darling with 3.6 seconds left. Then Iowa shocked the basketball world with a corner three by Alvaro Folgueiras that sent defending champion Florida home. For much of the first game, neither […]
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You may have noticed that over the last few years, we really have pushed Ben McCollum. He was the John Wooden of D-II ball, racking up Final Fours and national championships like no one’s business. Last year, at Drake, he won the MVC regular season championship and the the tournament as well, finishing 31-4. This […]
They say payback is hell, and it was for Baylor Sunday afternoon as Duke took the Bears to the woodshed, 69-46, and will play in the Sweet 16 next weekend. You’ll recall that Duke and Baylor opened the season in Paris, with the Bears winning 58-52. Obviously, things were very different this time. The Blue […]
As Duke fans have come to expect, after losing to the Blue Devils on Saturday, TCU fans are blaming the officiating. Do they have a case? There were certainly some bad calls. First, there was the flagrant foul on Tanner Toolson. There’s a good argument that he just acted reflexively to protect himself. We can […]
It wasn’t nearly as easy as the final score indicated but the Blue Devils roll on to the Sweet 16 by sending TCU home with a dominant second half performance. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down the way Duke flipped the switch and dominated the Horned Frogs over the final 16 minutes of the game. Defense, […]
Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21. We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas […]
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There have been some great games in this year’s NCAA Tournament, and some thrilling buzzer beaters, notably Kentucky’s win over Santa Clara. There is always heartbreak too, and nothing is much more heartbreaking than what happened to Vanderbilt Saturday. The Commodores were down 74-72 as time was running out. Tyler Tanner got close to half […]
As you saw, TCU wanted to get physical with Duke, and that worked – until it didn’t. This game was tied 44-44 with 13:56 to play, and the Blue Devils outscored the Horned Frogs 37-14 to win, 81-58. However, it wasn’t as easy as the score would suggest. Jamie Dixon has a good team with […]
Friday was another great night of NCAA Tournament basketball, but let’s start the review with two ACC stories. First, as expected, Georgia Tech has hired Troy’s Scott Cross. He’s a quality coach, but you hope he’s negotiated for better resources. There’s no reason whatsoever why a school in Atlanta shouldn’t be a huge factor in […]
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Update – Matt Norlander is reporting that support for Hubert Davis has evaporated, and the donors will no longer back him. However, they are willing to break with the UNC family, and will pay big money for an established, successful coach. If you poke around a bit online after UNC’s loss to VCU, you’ll find […]
Every year, the NCAA Tournament leaves huge moments in our memory. Most of them are epic shots like the one that Otega Oweh hit for Kentucky or, going back, the one Christian Laettner hit against the Wildcats in 1992. We still talk about that one. There are also often lovely, small moments that resonate too. […]
Although there’s certainly nothing official, Duke Coach Jon Scheyer now says that he is “hopeful” that center Patrick Ngongba can play Saturday. They’re going to have him practice Friday afternoon, and if he can handle that, he should play Saturday. Obviously there’s a lot to deal with between now and then, and the trainers and […]
Duke took care of Charleston today with relative ease, winning 81-64, behind 24 points from Toby Fournier. The Blue Devils did a lot of things right. They got rebounds (47-39), outscored Charleston in the lane, 44-20, and got a lot out of the bench (24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists). However, they fouled the […]
Duke will face TCU in round two of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, and it won’t be an easy win. Of course, neither was Siena, but the two teams shouldn’t be confused. Siena significantly outplayed the Blue Devils in the first half of that game, but in the second, we saw the Blue Devils mostly […]
The Duke Blue Devils have advanced to the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament, and awaiting them are the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. We preview the matchup on DBR Bites #154. TCU has a stellar resume for a 9 seed, beating some top teams and hanging with some others. We talk about why they’ve been […]
The opening day of the NCAA Tournament – First Four aside, since those are basically play-in games – did not disappoint. First, Siena played magnificently against #1 seed Duke, shocking the Blue Devils in the first half and totally outperforming them until the second half, when the Blue Devils finally got going. Howard punched above […]
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Like a lot of Duke fans, watching UNC blow a 19-point second-half lead was surreal and frankly, we enjoyed it. We’re sure many of our Duke Blue brethren and cistern (old Southern joke, relax) did as well. It’s always fun to watch your rival fail. Until it isn’t. Say what? Well, this is what we’re […]
One of Charles Barkley’s best lines of all time was when he said, “you know things have changed when the best golfer is black and the best rapper is white,” referring to Tiger Woods and Eminem. You could also say that things have changed when High Point goes further in the NCAA tournament than UNC. […]